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Hexaprotodon aethiopicus

Osteichthyes - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus was named by Coryndon and Coppens (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. iravaticus, H. simplex, H. sinhaleyus, H. protoamphibius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusHexaprotodon
speciesaethiopicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:19:00
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:19:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Calabrian or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Hexaprotodon aethiopicus (21398 21478)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Hexaprotodon aethiopicus (21367 21378 21445 21448 21454 21464 21495 21515)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Hexaprotodon aethiopicus (21368 21403 21514 21525)